The squad is in heavy contact with a group of enemy soldiers, and after taking several casualties manage to be retrieved by two helicopters. Danny hears that his father is hospitalized after a near-fatal heart-attack and is given emergency medical leave. Danny finds that his father and mother have separated and his father has taken up with a younger woman who is loyal to him. Danny feels left out and alienated from a man who he already wasn't close to. While waiting for his father to get better, Danny meets Rudy Morales, a vet handicapped by wounds -- a bitter, broken man. Danny is seriously upset by this and further upset by an argument with his father. Meanwhile, Taylor and Ruiz decide that they need to be by Danny's side, so they talk Anderson into pulling some strings and getting their R&R in Bangkok changed to Honolulu. Once in Hawaii they are exposed to the ""real"" world of mini-skirts and negative attitudes about the war.

Grâce à une permission spéciale, Percell quitte le front pour aller voir son père qui a dû être hospitalisé d'urgence à Honolulu. Ruiz et Taylor parviennent aussi à obtenir une permission qu'ils vont passer ensemble avec Percell dans cette ville balnéaire, afin de leur apporter leur soutien "immoral". Là, tous trois découvrent que la guerre du Viêt-nam n'est pas une guerre populaire...

Danny Percells Vater Jack hat einen schweren Herzanfall erlitten. Der Soldat bekommt von seinen Vorgesetzten die Erlaubnis, seinen Vater im Krankenhaus in Honolulu zu besuchen. Dort angekommen erfährt er, dass sich seine Eltern getrennt haben.